Brain Cancer and Cosmetic Breast Implants: A Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-117

  McLaughlin, Joseph K ^a,b   Lipworth, Loren ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST IMPLANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 0842290825     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000108560.71339.6c     Document Type: Review

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